CF 2025 Migration Guide

Since the migration wizard did not work, I had to export the server settings from CF2016 as as CAR file (as described in the CF2025 Migration Guide).

When importing the CAR file in CF2025, I had to add a deploypath in pathfilter.json

{
    "comments": "paths should be semi-colon seperated. To Allow a file: {path-of-file}; To Allow a directory & files in it: {path-to-directory}/*; To Allow a directory & sub-directories: {path-to-directory}/**; To Block a file: !{path-of-file}; To Block a directory & sub-directories: !{path-to-directory}/**; Precedence decreases from left to right. Suppose directory A has directory B & C inside it.To Allow B & Block C: !A/C/*;A/**;",
        
    "bytecodeexecutionpaths": "",
        
    "schedulerexecutionpaths": "",

    "car": {
        "deploypath": "C:\\ColdFusion2025\\cf2016settings.car",
        "associatedfiles": ""
    }
}

and disable popup blocker for the CF2025 administration site to make the import work.